Political Graveyard
Politicians born in Brown County
CONNELLY, John R
DIETRICH, William H
DUNBAR, Duke W
McDANNOLD, John J
Politicians who lived in Brown County
BRAKE, Buel
DEVLIN, R J
ERWIN, James S
GLENN, Archibald A
JOHNSON, C S
MANNY, Walter I
MCHATTON, Charles
PRUDEN, Gary
RITCHEY, George A
SINGLETON, James W
Politicians that are buried in Brown County
DEWITT, Benjamin
DIETERICH, William Henry, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born on a farm near Cooperstown, Brown County, Ill., March 31, 1876; attended the rural schools; graduated from Kennedy Normal and Business College, Rushville, Ill., in 1897, and from Northern Indiana Law School, Valparaiso, Ind., in 1901; admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill., the same year; during the Spanish-American War served as a corporal in Company K, Anderson’s Provisional Regiment; city attorney of Rushville, Ill. 1903-1907; treasurer of Rushville Union Schools 1906-1908; county judge of Schuyler County, Ill. 1906-1910; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1911 and to Beardstown, Ill., in 1912, and continued the practice of law; special inheritance-tax attorney of Illinois 1913-1917; member, State house of representatives 1917-1921; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for the United States Senate; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939; was not a candidate for renomination in 1938; resumed the practice of law; died in Springfield, Ill., on October 12, 1940, while on a business trip; interment in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Ill.
McDANNOLD, John James, a Representative from Illinois; born in Mount Sterling, Brown County, Ill., August 29, 1851; attended the common schools and a private school in Quincy; was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in June 1874; was admitted to the bar of Illinois in September 1874 and commenced practice in Mount Sterling; appointed master in chancery for Brown County in October 1885; elected county judge of Brown County in 1886; reelected in November 1890 and served until October 2, 1892, when he resigned, having been nominated for Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1895 and resumed the practice of law; died in Chicago, Ill., February 3, 1904; interment in City Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Ill.
DUNBAR, Duke W. — of Colorado. Born in Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Colorado state attorney general, 1951-73. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
CONNELLY, John Robert, a Representative from Kansas; born near Mount Sterling, Brown County, Ill., February 27, 1870; moved to Thayer County, Nebr., with his parents in 1883; attended the common schools and Salina (Kans.) Normal University; moved to Thomas County, Kans., in 1888; homesteaded there in 1892; began teaching school when nineteen years of age; superintendent of schools for Thomas County 1894-1898; owner and editor of the Colby Free Press 1897-1919; served as mayor of Colby and as a member of the city council; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed his former business pursuits; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1908, 1920, and 1928; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; engaged in the real-estate business at Colby, Thomas County, Kans.; died in Concordia, Kans., September 9, 1940; interment in Beulah Cemetery, Colby, Kans.
SINGLETON, James Washington, a Representative from Illinois; born in Paxton, Frederick County, Va., November 23, 1811; attended Winchester (Va.) Academy; moved to Mount Sterling, Brown County, Ill., in 1834; studied medicine and practiced; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Mount Sterling; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected brigadier general of the Illinois Militia in 1844 and took a conspicuous part in the so-called Mormon War; delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1847 and 1861; member of the State house of representatives 1850-1854; moved to Quincy, Adams County, Ill., in 1854; was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1861; was appointed in 1862 by Governor Yates as a member of the commission to confer with the British and Canadian authorities on the establishment of continuous water communication between the United States and Canada; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; constructed the Quincy & Toledo and the Quincy, Alton & St. Louis Railroads and served as president of both companies; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); returned to his farm near Quincy, Ill., and engaged in farming; moved to Baltimore, Md., about 1891, and died there on April 4, 1892; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Va.
GLENN, Archibald A. — of Brown County, Ill. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Pike and Brown counties, 1862; Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1875-77. Burial location unknown.
BRAKE, Buel — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
ERWIN, James S. — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860. Burial location unknown.
MCHATTON, Charles — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Interment at McHatton Cemetery, Camden, Ill.
DEVLIN, R. J. — also known as Bob Devlin — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940. Still living as of 1940.
MANNY, Walter I. — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944; chair of Brown County Democratic Party, 1950. Still living as of 1950.
RITCHEY, George A. — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Republican. Chair of Brown County Republican Party, 1950. Still living as of 1950.
PRUDEN, Gary — of Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Ill. Republican. Chair of Brown County Republican Party, 2002. Still living as of 2002.
JOHNSON, C. S. — of Siloam, Brown County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
DEWITT, Benjamin — of Illinois. Married to Elizabeth Taylor. Member of Illinois state house of representatives 28th District, 1861-63. Interment at Cooperstown Cemetery.
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